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-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--lisp/files.el21
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index f71924812c9..f9897b33449 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ trash when deleting. Default is nil.
* Editing Changes in Emacs 30.1
+---
** New command 'kill-matching-buffers-no-ask'.
-Kills buffers whose name matches a regexp without asking for
+This works like 'kill-matching-buffers', but without asking for
confirmation.
** New helper variable 'transpose-sexps-function'.
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index d308e99804d..9da82446112 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -7100,10 +7100,11 @@ specifies the list of buffers to kill, asking for approval for each one."
(setq list (cdr list))))
(defun kill-matching-buffers (regexp &optional internal-too no-ask)
- "Kill buffers whose name matches the specified REGEXP.
-Ignores buffers whose name starts with a space, unless optional
-prefix argument INTERNAL-TOO is non-nil. Asks before killing
-each buffer, unless NO-ASK is non-nil."
+ "Kill buffers whose names match the regular expression REGEXP.
+Interactively, prompt for REGEXP.
+Ignores buffers whose names start with a space, unless optional
+prefix argument INTERNAL-TOO(interactively, the prefix argument)
+is non-nil. Asks before killing each buffer, unless NO-ASK is non-nil."
(interactive "sKill buffers matching this regular expression: \nP")
(dolist (buffer (buffer-list))
(let ((name (buffer-name buffer)))
@@ -7113,11 +7114,13 @@ each buffer, unless NO-ASK is non-nil."
(funcall (if no-ask 'kill-buffer 'kill-buffer-ask) buffer)))))
(defun kill-matching-buffers-no-ask (regexp &optional internal-too)
- "Kill buffers whose name matches the specified REGEXP.
-Ignores buffers whose name starts with a space, unless optional
-prefix argument INTERNAL-TOO is non-nil. Equivalent to
-`kill-matching-buffers' but never ask before killing each
-buffer."
+ "Kill buffers whose names match the regular expression REGEXP.
+Interactively, prompt for REGEXP.
+Like `kill-matching-buffers', but doesn't ask for confirmation
+before killing each buffer.
+Ignores buffers whose names start with a space, unless the
+optional argument INTERNAL-TOO (interactively, the prefix argument)
+is non-nil."
(interactive "sKill buffers matching this regular expression: \nP")
(kill-matching-buffers regexp internal-too t))